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Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland.
by Cardonnel, Adam de
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the author, and sold ey [sic] Edwards, in Pall-Mall; also by Edwards’s, in Halifax, 1788. FIRST EDITION, 8vo issue, pp. iv, 30, [25 leaves], 12, [25 leaves]. The unnumbered leaves each containing an etching printed in sepia above letterpress text. Contemporary tree calf, spine divided by raised bands between gilt rules, red morocco label. A few minor spots. Spine a little creased, the merest touch of rubbing to extremities, residue from a removed label to front pastedown. Also published as a quarto and in several versions with variation of setting and etching - the latter usually printed in black rather than the sepia here, and sometimes on India paper instead of directly onto the sheet. This is the scarce issue without ‘Part I’ on the title-page, and the variant thereof with the error ‘EY’ for ‘BY’ in the imprint. ESTC locates half a dozen copies of this issue (BL, NLS x2, plus Library Company of Philadelphia, Queen’s Ontario, and Toronto). ESTC T225322.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3580
- Title
- Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland.
- Author
- Cardonnel, Adam de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the author, and sold ey [sic] Edwards, in Pall-Mall; also by Edwards’s, in Halifax
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1788
- Keywords
- Travel & Topography Scottish
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About the Seller
McNaughtan's Bookshop
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Edinburgh, Midlothian
About McNaughtan's Bookshop
Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest surviving secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Located in the basement of a listed 1820s tenement building at the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk, we are the only open shop in Edinburgh holding membership of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We stock rare, antiquarian, and collectable books on all subjects, along with a substantial range of secondhand books for browsing. Our gallery space currently hosts Typewronger Books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters.
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